Message-Id: <33568823.20E1@boi.hp.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 1997 14:29:23 -0600
From: Bill Blohm <bblohm@boi.hp.com>
To: baidarka@lists.intelenet.net
Subject: Re: ribs
dabragg@centuryinter.net wrote:
>
> My vote is to NOT collect your rib material before you are ready to use them.
> I cut mine in Jan. and used them the same day. They were easy to skin and easy
> to bend to the shape I needed without breaking. I did about 2/3 of the ribs
> that weekend. The following weekend, the rib material didn't skin very easy
> and had a tendancy to break when bent very far-which I needed to do for the end
> sections of the boat. So, I went out and cut some more willow and used it
> instead. I pitched the willow that was a week old because it was too hard to
> work with. I don't think that the time of the year makes much difference-fresh
> green willow will always be easier to work with.
What shape were the willows in after drying out, having been
bent on green? Any splitting as they dried out?
Bill B.